[DeTomaso] Can anyone help with this?
Pantdino
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Mon Jul 14 22:37:36 EDT 2014
When I got my Pantera in 1989 I was 6' 1.5' or so and I fit OK. (I'm a bit shorter now because of the age thing :)
My car has a slightly smaller steering wheel, which helps -- I probably couldn't drive the car with a larger wheel because there wouldn't be room for my leg between the wheel and console.
Are long of leg or long of torso?
I'm sort of long of leg, which probably helps because they bend at the knee :)
Jim Oddie
-----Original Message-----
From: Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>; hoosierdaddy <hoosierdaddy at me.com>
Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 5:28 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Can anyone help with this?
Ed ,A
Six foot is normally about the limit for stock floors and stock seats.
You can pick up around three inches with dropped floors plus buy using
modern seats (like recaro racing seats that don't recline and doing
away with the rails ( for sliding the seats forward and backward) you
can gain an easy additional two inches of head room. Since you only
need the car to fit you , you don't need seats that slide. Mine are
mounted right to the floor. There should be some southern guys with
dropped floors. Ask Michael Short. He races and knows a lot of other
people with A modified cars he should be able to point you in the right
direction.
Boyd
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Ed Mendez <[1]edducati at mac.com> wrote:
A A Got this from a Facebook friend:
A A Troy Casey of Atlanta, GA [1][2]hoosierdaddy at me.com
A A Are there any members in the Atlanta area that have a Pantera
with the
A A dropped floor pans? I tried to squeeze into a late '72 model in
North
A A Carolina last weekend only to find my 6'3" frame wouldn't fit
A That car
A A had aftermarket seats, so maybe that had something to do with
it - but
A A this could be the deal-breaker that makes me give up my dream
of
A A becoming a Pantera owner. Anyone in these parts that can help
me find
A A out for sure? Thanks in advance for any replies...
A A Ed
References
A A 1. mailto:[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com
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When I got my Pantera in 1989 I was 6' 1.5' or so and I fit OK. (I'm a
bit shorter now because of the age thing :)
My car has a slightly smaller steering wheel, which helps -- I probably
couldn't drive the car with a larger wheel because there wouldn't be
room for my leg between the wheel and console.
Are long of leg or long of torso?
I'm sort of long of leg, which probably helps because they bend at the
knee :)
Jim Oddie
-----Original Message-----
From: Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>; hoosierdaddy <hoosierdaddy at me.com>
Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 5:28 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Can anyone help with this?
Ed ,A
Six foot is normally about the limit for stock floors and stock seats.
You can pick up around three inches with dropped floors plus buy using
modern seats (like recaro racing seats that don't recline and doing
away with the rails ( for sliding the seats forward and backward) you
can gain an easy additional two inches of head room. Since you only
need the car to fit you , you don't need seats that slide. Mine are
mounted right to the floor. There should be some southern guys with
dropped floors. Ask Michael Short. He races and knows a lot of other
people with A modified cars he should be able to point you in the right
direction.
Boyd
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Ed Mendez <[1][1]edducati at mac.com> wrote:
A A Got this from a Facebook friend:
A A Troy Casey of Atlanta, GA [1][2][2]hoosierdaddy at me.com
A A Are there any members in the Atlanta area that have a Pantera
with the
A A dropped floor pans? I tried to squeeze into a late '72 model in
North
A A Carolina last weekend only to find my 6'3" frame wouldn't fit
A That car
A A had aftermarket seats, so maybe that had something to do with
it - but
A A this could be the deal-breaker that makes me give up my dream
of
A A becoming a Pantera owner. Anyone in these parts that can help
me find
A A out for sure? Thanks in advance for any replies...
A A Ed
References
A A 1. [3]mailto:[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com
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2. [7]mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
3. [8]mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
4. [9]mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
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2. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
3. mailto:[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com?
4. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
5. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
6. mailto:edducati at mac.com?
7. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com?
8. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com?
9. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com?
10. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
11. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
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